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- SLEEVE STAY. No. 380,063. I Patented Mar; 27,1}888.

ATTORNEYS.

* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARRYM. TERRY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SLEEVE-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,063, dated March27, 1888. Application filed January 24, 1888. Serial No. 261.749. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it. may concern:

Be it known that} I, ABBY M. TERRY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSleeve-Stays, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to an improvement in devices for holding a sleevein place on the arm when another sleeve is being drawn over it, whereina strap having releasable fastenings and adapted to bind the sleeve onthe arm is provided with a hand-string for loosening the fastenings andentirely withdrawing the stay after the outer sleeve is in place.

The main object of myimprovement is to provide for a more completeloosening of the sleeve-strap and an easier withdrawal of the same whenthe releasing-string is pulled,

The invention consists,first, of asleeve-strap having alaterally-opening hook on one end and a laterally-opening eye on theother end for engagement by the loop, and a hand-string for drawing thehook from the eye, as hereinafter set forth.

The invention comprises also certain other novel details of constructionand combinations of parts, hereinafter fully described and distinctlyclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is aperspective view illustratinga sleeve-stay embodying myimprovement in use. Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged perspective viewsillustrating the respective end fastenings of the sleeve-strap,

To one end of astrap A, preferably elastic and adapted to surround thesleeve on the arm, is securely attached a buckle, B, on the extremity ofwhich is formed a laterally-opening eye or loop, 0. The other end of thestrap A is. folded over one arm, D, of a transverselyarranged U-shapedhook, D, and stitched or otherwise fastened upon itself, as at E and'F,a re-enforcing piece, G, being preferably secured between the two foldsto stiffen the attachment of the hook. The other arm, D of thelaterally-opening hook is thus left free to engage the eye or loop 0 onthe opposite end of the strap for fastening the strap around the sleeve.

The closed end of the hook D is formed with an eye or loop, H, throughwhich and thedoubled portion of the strap stitching I is passed to tiethe hook against lateral displacement.

The eye or loop H on the hook serves also for the attachment of a tapeor string, J, which when pulled, as after the outer sleeve is in place,,draws the hook D laterally from the eye 0, so as to completely loosenthe strap and withdraw the entire stay from the sleeve.

Having thus described myinventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The sleeve-stay herein described, consisting of a sleeve-strap havinga laterallyopening eye on one end and a laterally-open ing hook on theother end, and a hand-string adapted to draw the hook laterally from theeye, substantially as described.

2. In a sleeve-stay, the combination of a strap, a laterally-opening eyeor loop on one end thereof, aU-shaped hook having one arm securedtransversely to the other end of the strap, an eye on its closed end,and its other end free to engage the eye or loop on the strap, and adraw-string attached to the eye on the hook, substantially as described.

3. In a sleevestay, the combination of a strap, a laterally-opening eyeor loop on one end thereof, atransversely-arrangedU-shaped hook, overone arm of which the other end of the strap is folded and fastened, andhaving an eye on its closed end, a lateral tie passing through the eyeon the hook and the strap, and a hand-string for drawing the hook fromthe eye, substantially as. described.

' ABBY M. TERRY.

Witnesses:

C. SEnewIcK, Enwn. M. CLARK.

